A struggle I had with this project was self-advocating with my teacher. I didn't communicate with him about my night light so I couldn't receive help from him. He didn't know my progress with the night light. So I am setting a goal for myself to become for self-advocating with my teachers.​A HoHM I got better at was refinement. When I had a scale drawing, I had about seven drafts refining and refining, but at the end Mr. Ted gave me two stamps because of how good it was.

Refinement:

In this project, my partner and I had to refine a lot. I refined my scale drawing about seven times and I finally got it at the end. I also had to refine my soldering skills, I had to do it over and over again until I got the perfect solder.

Evidence:

I forgot about this HoHM until the very end of the project. I started to get better at it, but I get side tracked by it because I'm working on the product. So I took some pictures and scanned my documents to put them into my digital portfolio.

Mindfulness:

Being mindful is a challenging HoHM for me. I wouldn't talk to my teacher to ask for support, I also didn't stay after school to work on the nightlight. I wasn't self-advocating and that is a struggle for me, I am a shy person to ask for help from others. So I will try to step out and ask my teachers for help, because that is what they do.

Cooperation:

Cooperating with my partner wasn't that great. We didn't help each other out, we only stuck to our roles only and didn't help each other. We weren't communicating a lot; we didn't know what was going on. ​

Compassion:

The beginning of the project I wanted to make my buddy a night light that he wanted. I cared a lot for the nightlight, until time passed by and my partner and I started to get more and more problems. I started to give up and not give my full potential towards the night light. I regret giving up, giving up is horrible. I didn't do anything to try to complete the night light.

Perseverance:

At the end of the project I was giving up, I wasn't persevering to get the product finished. And I truly regret it. But when I saw myself persevering was when I had to draw a scale drawing of the night light. I had to redo the drawing repetitively, but I kept on going and at the end it paid off.

Perspective:

This project made you use a lot of perspective because you are making the night light for your buddy, not your self. I asked my buddy plenty of questions on what he likes, what he doesn't like, what color did he wanted the night light to be, so I can get an idea of what was the perfect night light for him. The final idea was to have a basketball hoop with a basketball on the side with flares of red around it.